Copa Airlines has become the first airline in Latin America to offer passengers the option of using a mobile boarding pass.
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Copa Airlines has become the first airline in Latin America to offer passengers the option of using a mobile boarding pass.
United Airlines has announced that international passengers will now be able to make use of its newly expanded mobile services.
The GSM Association and IATA have developed a white paper outlining the benefits of Near Field Communications (NFC) for the aviation industry.
As airlines increasingly explore offsite and automated check-in, the traditional process has been placed under threat, raising the question: ‘Is check-in dead?’
The development of apps, mobile check-in and the 2D boarding pass means that mobile technology is playing an increasingly important role in the travel process.
When it comes to check-in and boarding, for the airline, the airport and the passenger, the general rule is: the simpler, the better. The bar coded boarding pass is currently the standard used by more than 200 airlines globally, but with Near Field Communication (NFC) technology being increasingly explored as a potential alternative, just how […]
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